Eclipse Indigo Release Train Is Now Available

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The annual Eclipse release train, this year called Indigo, is now available for download. The release this year features new functionality for Java developers, innovations in modeling technology and advancements in Eclipse runtime technology.

Ottawa, Ontario (PRWEB)June 22, 2011

The Eclipse Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of Indigo, the 2011 annual release train. This is the eighth successive year in which the Eclipse community has shipped a coordinated release on schedule. Indigo is available for immediate download from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads.

Indigo Key Stats

62 project teams participated in Indigo

-46 million lines of code released on the same day (calculated by Ohloh)
-408 developers (committers) contributed code
-49 organizations collaborated on Ithe release
-10 pre-defined packages enable easy download and use

Highlights of the Indigo release include important new functionality for Java developers, innovations in modeling technology, and advancements in Eclipse runtime technology.

Eclipse Marketplace Client now supports drag and drop installation of Eclipse-based solutions directly into Eclipse making it significantly easier to install new solutions.

New Innovation in Eclipse Modeling

Xtext 2.0 has added significant new features for domain-specific languages (DSLs): 1) the ability to create DSLs with embedded Java-like expressions; 2) Xtend, a new template language that allows tightly integrated code generation into the Eclipse tooling environment; and 3) a new refactoring framework for DSLs.

CDO Model Repository 4.0 integrates with several NoSQL databases such as Objectivity/DB, MongoDB, and DB4O. Cache optimizations and many other enhancements allow for models of several gigabytes.

EMF 2.7 makes it easy to replicate changes across distributed systems in an optimal way: a client can send back to the server a minimal description of what's been changed rather than sending back the whole, arbitrarily-large, new instance.

Riena 3.0 now supports the creation of web browser applications using Eclipse RAP.

Supporting Quote
“We are very proud to celebrate another on-time annual release train from the Eclipse community,” states Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. “This release has a long list of new features, especially for Java developers. Features such as Git support, Maven and Hudson integration, a great GUI builder in WindowBuilder, and our new Jubula testing tool will, I am sure, motivate developers to try Indigo.”

About the Eclipse Foundation
Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse Platform.

The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation are available at http://www.eclipse.org.